500rds – 223 Rem Fiocchi 55gr. PSP Ammo

Fiocchi Ammunition 55 Grain Pointed Soft-Point (PSP) Ammo Details

This 223 Rem cartridge is from Fiocchi’s Extrema line of ammunition, which the Italy-based company offers to shooters who wouldn’t do without the best accuracy that their rifles are capable of delivering. It achieves this with the uniformity of its propellant load, which delivers virtually the same ballistics shot after shot. The pointed meplat of its 55 grain bullet bolsters accuracy a great deal as well, as it threads through the air far better than a round nose bullet could achieve.

This bullet’s core is exposed, enabling it and its jacket to peel back during penetration so that they may create a wide wound channel. The jacket not only controls that expansion to make it more harmful, but further promotes reliable penetration and prevents deformation that would have impacted accuracy.

Fiocchi is on the forefront of primer development, and indeed is the first company to have made a leadless one. This round’s primer has got lead in it, but the ignition it delivers is the reliable sort that effective hunting requires. This round’s brass casing is similarly well made, and will be your friend if you like to make your own ammo.